Few stars out in Terrace

TERRACE — The Vancouver Canucks and New York Islanders are both happy to bring the NHL to small-town B.C. but not happy enough to bring their biggest stars. After only one day of training camp, organizations aren’t willing to risk injuries to players they will count on to lead their teams during the regular season. Roberto Luongo didn’t come and won’t be playing. None of Vancouver’s top six forwards are here. Top four defenceman Willie Mitchell and Kevin Bieksa made the trip but won’t dress. Terrace hockey fans will instead get to see the likes of Aaron Rome, Yann Sauve, Evan Oberg, Eric Walsky, Pierre-Cedric Labrie and Guillaume Desbiens. The Isles have three marquee goalies in Rick DiPietro (hurt, knee), Martin Biron and Dwayne Roloson but brought none of them to Terrace. Instead Scott Munroe and Nathan Lawson will face the Canucks. Jeff Tambellini is the biggest name here among the Islanders and that might be because his dad, Steve, was a member of the Canuck front office for many years. It’s a good thing they aren’t charging NHL prices for this game. In fact, they aren’t charging anything. Fans who attend tonight’s game in the 1,100-seat arena received their tickets through a draw. They can thank the Kraft Hockeyville promotion for that….